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Architectural Digest
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MAGAZINE 1920–2010
PAIGE RENSE
The first and authoritative story of the rise of interior design, as seen through the eyes of
Architectural Digest and intimately told by
Paige Rense—the magazine’s iconic former editor in chief for over four decades.
Respected as the international authority on architecture and design, Architectural Digest magazine gives readers an exclusive look into the most spectacular properties and private homes of celebrities and cultural figures, highlighting the work of the world’s top architects, designers, and interior decorators. This volume celebrates the evolution of the revered magazine as told through the voice of its legendary editor for four decades, Paige Rense. An epic visual history of the magazine’s meteoric rise penned by Rense, this volume documents the renowned magazine’s history and cultural significance, and its celebration of the ever-evolving homes and lifestyles. This volume is full of candid recollections, commentary, archival covers, and interior shots of the magazine and also features the work of the world’s top architects and interior designers, such as Mario Buatta, Philip Johnson, Tony Duquette, and Sally Sirkin Lewis, as well as the homes of celebrities like Truman Capote, Sonny & Cher, Elton John, Diane Keaton, and Ralph Lauren. As the editor who gave readers a glimpse into the most enviable homes around the world, Rense is uniquely qualified to tell the story of Architectural Digest, a tale that her nearly one million loyal fans and readers of the magazine will be eager to read.
Paige Rense became editor in chief of Architectural Digest magazine in 1975. She was also a published author and the founder of the Arthur Rense Prize poetry award. She was the recipient of the Museum of Arts & Design Achievement Award (2006), the American Academy of Achievement Award (2000), the Pratt Institute Founder Awards (1997), and the Interior Design Hall of Fame Award (1985).
INTERIOR DESIGN
320 pages, 9 x 11” 300 color & b/w photographs HC: 978-0-7893-4104-4 Previously: $65.00
NOW: $29.98
Can: $40.00 UK: £24.00 October 12, 2021 Rights: World RIZZOLI UNIVERSE PROMOTIONAL
